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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION NO. 95-048
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ELECTRIC
REVENUE BONDS OF THE CITY IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF NOT TO EXCEED $3,300,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING
AMOUNTS TO ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT AND INSTALL NECESSARY
ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND
TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARILY INCIDENTAL THERETO, AND TO PAY
THE COSTS OF BOND ISSUANCE; FIXING CERTAIN COVENANTS AND
PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS SAFEGUARDING THE PAYMENT OF THE
PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SAID BONDS; PROVIDING THAT
ADDITIONAL ELECTRIC REVENUE BONDS MAY BE ISSUED ON A PARITY
WITH SUCH BONDS UPON COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE DATE, FORM, TERMS, MATURITIES
AND MANNER OF SALE OF THE BONDS
WHEREAS, the City of Seward, Alaska, the ("City") owns, operates and maintains
an electric system (hereinafter defined as the "System") which is in need of certain
additions, improvements and extensions; and
WHEREAS, the Constitution and statutes of the State of Alaska and the Charter
of the City permit the City to issue revenue bonds to finance any project which serves
a public purpose which bonds are secured only by the revenues of the project and which
do not constitute a debt or pledge of the faith and credit or taxing power of the City and
which may be authorized by the Council and do not require ratification by the electors
of the City; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish the form, conditions, covenants and method
of sale of such bonds and to make provision for establishing the amount, maturities,
interest rates and redemption rights and other terms thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEWARD, ALASKA:
Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this resolution is to authorize the issuance
and sale of not to exceed $3,300,000 of electric revenue bonds, to fix the form, covenants
and method of sale of said bonds to provide for establishing the amount, maturities,
interest rates, redemption rights and other terms of said bonds and to fix the conditions
under which additional electric revenue bonds may be issued on a parity with the said
bonds.
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Section 2. Definitions. As used in this resolution, unless a different meaning
clearly appears from the context:
"Acquired Obligations" means and includes any of the following securities, if and
to the extent the same are at the time legal for investment of funds of the City: any
noncallable bonds or other noncallable obligations which as to principal and interest
constitute direct obligations of, or are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States
of America, including obligations of any federal agency or corporation which has been
or may hereafter be created pursuant to an act of Congress as an agency or instrumental-
ity of the United States of America to the extent unconditionally guaranteed by the
United States of America.
"Annual Debt Service Requirement" means, with respect to any particular Fiscal
Year and to any specified bonds, an amount equal to (i) interest accruing during such
Fiscal Year on such bonds, except to the extent such interest is to be paid from deposits
in the Debt Service Subaccount from bond proceeds, (ii) the principal amount of such
bonds due during such Fiscal Year for which no sinking fund installments have been
established, plus (Hi) the unsatisfied balance of any sinking fund installment for such
bonds due during such Fiscal Year.
"Arbitrage and Tax Certificate" means the certificate executed and delivered by the
City at the time of issuance and delivery of the Bonds setting forth the City's expectations
as to the use of Bond proceeds.
"Bond Account" means the Electric Revenue Bond Account created by Section 12
hereof.
"Bond Register" means the registration books maintained by the Registrar
containing the names and addresses of the owners of the Bonds.
"Bonds" means the City of Seward, Alaska, Electric Revenue Bonds, 1995.
"Bond Year" has the meaning given such term in the Arbitrage and Tax Certificate.
"Charter" means the Home Rule Charter of the City, as the same may be amended
from time to time.
"City" means the City of Seward, Alaska, a municipal corporation organized and
existing under the Charter and the Constitution and laws of the State of Alaska.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and all applicable
regulations thereunder.
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"Consulting Engineer" means an independent consulting engineer or engineering
firm licensed to practice in the State of Alaska, retained and appointed pursuant to
Section 15(G) and Section 16 hereof.
"Council" means the general legislative authority of the City, as the same may be
constituted from time to time.
"Debt Service Subaccount" means the Debt Service Subaccount created in the Bond
Account by Section 12 hereof.
"Fiscal Year" means the 12-month period commencing on July 1 each year through
and including June 30 of the following year.
"Future Parity Bonds" means any electric revenue bonds, notes or other obligations
of the City, other than the Bonds, issued under an resolution wherein the City pledges
that the payments to be made out of the Gross Revenues and moneys in the Electric
Account into the Bond Account and Reserve Subaccount therein to pay and secure the
payment of the principal of and interest on such revenue bonds, notes or other
obligations will be on a parity with the payments required by this resolution to be made
out of such Gross Revenues or Electric Account into such Bond Account and Reserve
Subaccount to pay and secure the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds.
"Government Obligations" means any of the following: (i) any bonds or other
obligations which, as to principal and interest, constitute direct obligations of, or are
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America; (ii) bonds, debentures, or
other evidences of indebtedness issued or guaranteed by any agency or corporation
which has been or may hereafter be created pursuant to an act of Congress as an agency
or instrumentality of the United States of America; (ii) bonds, debentures, or other
evidences of indebtedness issued or guaranteed by any agency or corporation which has
been or may hereafter be created pursuant to an act of Congress as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America; (iii) obligations of financial institutions
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan
Insurance Corporation, to the extent insured; and (iv) bank certificates of deposit fully
secured by obligations described in (i) and (ii) hereof.
"Gross Revenues" means all rates and charges and other income (including income
from Electric Account investments), in each case derived by or for the account of the City
from the ownership, leasing or operation of the System, except proceeds from the sale
of bonds or notes, any grants received for the City of Seward Electric Utility and interest
received and profits derived from the investment of moneys obtained from such sources
or from moneys held in any fund solely to payor secure the payment of any bonds or
notes issued in connection with the System.
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"Loan Agreement" means the Loan Agreement between the City and the Alaska
Municipal Bond Bank Authority, dated as of the date of the Bonds.
"Net Revenues" means for any Fiscal Year or other period of time, the Gross
Revenues and interest and profits derived from the investment of moneys held in the
Bond Account during such period less Operating Expenses for such period.
"Operating Expenses" means the current expenses incurred for operation, mainte-
nance or repair of the System of a non-capital nature, and shall include, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, payments required by any electric purchase agreements,
source of supply expenses, fuel expenses, treatment, transmission and distribution
expenses, customer accounts expenses, administrative and general expenses, insurance
premiums, lease rentals, legal, regulatory, and engineering expenses, payments to
pension, retirement, group life insurance, health and hospitalization funds or other
employee benefit funds which are properly chargeable to current operations, interest on
customers' deposits, payroll tax expenses and any other expenses required to be paid
under the provisions of this resolution or by law or permitted by standard practices for
public utility systems similar to the properties and business of the System (adjusted to
reflect public ownership) and applicable in the circumstances. Operating Expenses shall
not include any allowances for depreciation or amortization or any principal, redemption
price or purchase price of, or interest on, any obligations of the City incurred in
connection with and payable from Gross Revenues or any fee or charge in lieu of City
taxes.
"Parity Bonds" means the Bonds and any Future Parity Bonds.
"Registered Owner" means the person named as the registered owner of a Bond
in the Bond Register.
"Registrar" means the Finance Director of the City, or any successor that the
Finance Director may appoint.
"Reserve Subaccount" means the Reserve Subaccount created in the Bond Account
by Section 12 hereof.
"Reserve Subaccount Requirement" means an amount at least equal to the
maximum Annual Debt Service Requirement on all outstanding Parity Bonds.
"System" means the existing electric system of the City as the same will be added
to, improved and extended as authorized and provided in this resolution, and as the
same may be added to, improved and extended for as long as any Parity Bonds are
outstanding, but shall not include such electric supply, transmission and distribution
facilities that hereafter may be purchased, constructed or otherwise acquired by the City
as a separate electric system, the revenues of which may be pledged to the payment of
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bonds issued to purchase, construct or otherwise acquire and improve such separate
system.
"Electric Account" means the special fund heretofore established by the City for the
deposit of Gross Revenues and other amounts received and held by the City in
connection with the System.
Section 3. Authorization of Bonds and Purpose of Issuance. The City shall issue
and sell an issue of revenue bonds designated "City of Seward, Alaska, Electric Revenue
Bonds, 1995" (the "Bonds") in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $3,300,000.
The proceeds of the Bonds shall be used to pay the costs of certain additions, betterments
and extensions of the System consisting principally of reconstruction and installation of
its transmission line between its Lawing Substation and the City. This project serves a
public purpose of the City.
Section 4. Date, Maturities, Interest Rates and Other Details of the Bonds. The
Bonds shall be dated and mature on such dates not later than 2020, and shall bear
interest from their date payable on such dates, and at such rates, not exceeding 7% per
annum, as the Councilor the City Manager or Finance Director may fix and determine
at or prior to the time of sale of the Bonds.
The Bonds shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest, shall be in the
denomination of $5,000 each, or any integral multiple thereof, and shall be numbered
separately in such manner and with any additional designation as the Registrar deems
necessary for purposes of identification.
Section 5. Place and Medium of Payment. Both principal of and interest on the
Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America. For so long as
all outstanding Bonds are registered in the name of the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank
Authority, payments of principal and interest thereon shall be made as provided in the
Loan Agreement. In the event that the Bonds are no longer registered in the name of
the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority, interest on the Bonds shall be paid by check
mailed (or by wire transfer to a Registered Owner of Bonds in aggregate principal
amount of $1,000,000 or more who so requests) to the Registered Owners of the Bonds
at the addresses for such Registered Owners appearing on the Bond Register on the 15th
day of the month preceding the interest payment date. Principal of the Bonds shall be
payable upon presentation and surrender of the Bonds by the Registered Owners at the
principal office of the Registrar.
Section 6. Registration.
A. Bond Register. The Bonds shall be issued only in registered form as to both
principal and interest. The Registrar shall keep, or cause to be kept, a bond register.
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B. Registered Ownership. The City and the Registrar, each in its discretion,
may deem and treat the Registered Owner of each Bond as the absolute owner thereof
for all purposes, and neither the City nor the Registrar shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary. Payment of any such Bond shall be made only as described in Section 5
hereof, but such registration may be transferred as herein provided. All such payments
made as described in Section 5 shall be valid and shall satisfy and discharge the liability
of the City upon such Bond to the extent of the amount or amounts so paid.
C. Transfer or Exchange. Bonds shall be transferred only upon the Bond
Register kept by the Registrar. Upon surrender for transfer or exchange of any Bond at
the office of the Registrar, with a written instrument of transfer or authorization for
exchange in form and with guaranty of signature satisfactory to the Registrar, duly
executed by the registered owner or its duly authorized attorney, the City shall execute
and the Registrar shall deliver an equal aggregate principal amount of Bonds of the same
maturity of any authorized denominations, subject to such reasonable regulations as the
Registrar may prescribe and upon payment sufficient to reimburse it for any tax, fee or
other governmental charge required to be paid in connection with such transfer or
exchange. All Bonds surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be canceled by the
Registrar. The Registrar shall not be required to transfer or exchange Bonds subject to
redemption during the 15 days preceding any principal or interest payment date or the
date of mailing of notice of redemption of such Bonds, or any Bond after such Bond has
been called for redemption.
D. Registration Covenant. The City covenants that, until all Bonds have been
surrendered and canceled, it will maintain a system for recording the ownership of each
Bond that complies with the provisions of Section 149 of the Code.
Section 7. Redemption. The Bonds may be redeemed at the times not later than
ten years from their dates, for the redemption prices not exceeding 105% of the principal
amount, and in such manner, as the Councilor City Manager or Finance Director may
fix and determine at or prior to the time of sale of the Bonds.
Notice of any intended redemption of Bonds shall be given not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption by United States mail to
registered owners of the Bonds to be redeemed at their addresses as they appear on the
Bond Register on the day the notice is mailed; provided, however, that for so long as the
Bonds are registered in the name of the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority, all
notices shall be given only as provided in the Loan Agreement. The requirements of this
section shall be deemed to be complied with when notice is mailed as herein provided,
whether or not it is actually received by the Registered Owner.
All official notices of redemption shall be dated and shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
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(c) if fewer than all outstanding Bonds are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal
amounts) of the Bonds to be redeemed;
(d) that on the redemption date the redemption price will become due
and payable upon each such bond or portion thereof called for redemption, and
that interest thereon shall cease to accrue from and after said date; and
(e) the place where such Bonds are to be surrendered for payment of
the redemption price, which place of payment shall be the principal office of the
Registrar.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Bonds or portions of
Bonds to be redeemed shall, on the redemption date, become due and payable at the
redemption price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the City shall
default in the payment of the redemption price) such Bonds or portions of Bonds shall
cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of such Bonds for redemption in accordance with
said notice, such Bonds shall be paid by the Registrar at the redemption price.
Installments of interest due on or prior to the redemption date shall be payable as herein
provided for payment of interest. Upon surrender for any partial redemption of any
Bond, there shall be prepared for the Registered Owner a new Bond or Bonds of the
same maturity in the amount of the unpaid principal. All Bonds which have been
redeemed shall be canceled and destroyed by the Registrar and shall not be reissued.
If any Bond shall be duly presented for payment and funds have not been duly
provided by the City on such applicable date, then interest shall continue to accrue
thereafter on the unpaid principal thereof at the rate stated on such Bond until it is paid.
Section 8. Form of Bonds. The form of the Bonds shall be substantially as follows:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
No.
$
STATE OF ALASKA
CITY OF SEWARD
ELECTRIC REVENUE BOND, 1995
REGISTERED OWNER:
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
The City of Seward, Alaska (the "City"), a municipal corporation of the State of
Alaska, hereby acknowledges itself to owe and for value received promises to pay to the
Registered Owner identified above, or its registered assigns, from the sources stated
herein, the Principal Amount indicated above in the following installments on _ of each
of the following years, and to pay, from the sources stated herein, interest on such
installments from the date hereof, payable on _' 1995 and semiannually thereafter
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on the first days of each
follows:
and
of each year, at the rates per annum as
Year
Principal
Amount
Interest
Rate
For so long as this Bond is owned by the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority (the
"Authority"), payment of principal and interest shall be made as provided in the Loan
Agreement between the Authority and the City. In the event that this Bond is no
longer owned by the Authority, payment of principal of and interest on this Bond will
be made by check or draft mailed by first class mail to the registered owner at the
address appearing on the bond register of the City, provided that the final installment
of principal and interest on this Bond will be payable at the office of the City Finance
Director (the "Registrar") upon surrender of this Bond. Interest shall be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. Both principal of and
interest on this bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of America
solely out of the special fund of the City known as the "Electric Revenue Bond
Account" created by Section 12 of Resolution No. 95-048.
This bond is one of an issue of bonds (the "Bonds") of like date and tenor
except as to number, rate of interest, and date of maturity, aggregating the principal
sum of $ and is issued pursuant to the Constitution and statutes of the
State of Alaska and the Charter and duly adopted resolutions and ordinances of the
City, including Resolution No. 95-048 (the "Bond Resolution"). The definitions
contained in the Bond Resolution shall apply to capitalized terms contained herein.
The Bonds are being issued for the purpose of undertaking certain capital improve-
ments to the City's electric system (the "System").
Bonds maturing on or after , -' may be called for redemption
at the option of the City on any date on and after in whole on any
date, or in part in increments of $5,000 with maturities to be selected by the City and
by lot within a maturity, at a price of par plus accrued interest to the date of
redemption.
Notice of any such intended redemption shall be given as provided in the Loan
Agreement. From and after the date fixed for redemption, interest on any Bonds so
called for redemption shall cease to accrue, provided funds for such redemption are
on deposit in the Bond Account.
The City does hereby pledge and bind itself to set aside out of Gross Revenues
and the money in the Electric Account of the City and to pay into the Bond Account
the various amounts required by the Bond Resolution to be paid into and maintained
in said Account all within the times provided in the Bond Resolution. The City has
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further pledged and bound itself to pay into such Electric Account as collected all
Gross Revenues.
The pledge of Gross Revenues and moneys in the Electric Account contained
herein and in the Bond Resolution may be discharged by making provision, at any
time, for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond in the manner
provided in the Bond Resolution.
The pledge of amounts to be paid out of said Electric Account into the Bond
Account is hereby declared to be a lien and charge upon the money in the Electric
Account and Gross Revenues superior to all other charges of any kind or nature
except Operating Expenses (other than payments in lieu of City taxes) and equal in
rank to the lien and charge thereon for amounts pledged to the payment of any
Future Parity Bonds hereafter issued.
The City has further bound itself to maintain the System in good condition and
repair, to operate the same in an efficient manner and at a reasonable cost, and to
establish, maintain and collect rates and charges for electric service and all other
services or facilities furnished or supplied by the System in each fiscal year for as long
as any Parity Bonds are outstanding that will provide Net Revenues in an amount
equal to at least 1.30 times the amount of the Annual Debt Service Requirement for
such year on all outstanding Parity Bonds.
It is hereby certified that all acts, conditions and things required by the
Constitution and statutes of the State of Alaska and the Charter and resolutions of the
City to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this bond have happened, been
done and performed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Seward, Alaska, has caused this bond to
be executed with the manual or facsimile signature of its Mayor and to be counter-
signed with the manual or facsimile signature of its Clerk and the official seal of the
City to be impressed or imprinted hereon, as of this first day of
1995.
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COUNTERSIGNED:
CITY CLERK
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION NO. 95-048
(Form of Assignment)
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
OF TRANSFEREE / /
(Please print or typewrite name and address, including zip code of Transferee)
the within bond and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
of , or its successor, as Registrar
to transfer said bond on the books kept for registration thereof with full power of
substitution in the premises.
DATED:
NOTE: The signature on this Assign-
ment must correspond with the name
of the registered owner as it appears
upon the face of the within bond in
every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED:
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Section 9. Execution of Bonds. The Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the
City with the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor of the City, countersigned
with the manual or facsimile signature of the Clerk. The official seal of the City shall
be impressed or imprinted on each Bond. The execution of a Bond on behalf of the
City by persons that at the time of the execution are duly authorized to hold the
proper offices shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes, although any such person
shall have ceased to hold office at the time of issuance and delivery of the Bond or
shall not have held office on the date of the Bond.
Section 10. Mutilated, Destroyed, Stolen or Lost Bonds. Upon surrender to
the Registrar of a mutilated Bond, the City shall execute and deliver a new Bond of
like maturity and principal amount. Upon filing with the Registrar of evidence
satisfactory to the City that a Bond has been destroyed, stolen or lost and of the
ownership thereof, and upon furnishing the City with indemnity satisfactory to it, the
City shall execute and deliver a new Bond of like maturity and principal amount. The
person requesting the authentication and delivery of a new Bond pursuant to this
section shall comply with such other reasonable regulations as the City may prescribe
and pay such expenses as the City may incur in connection therewith. Any Bonds
issued pursuant to this section in substitution for Bonds alleged to be destroyed,
stolen or lost shall constitute original additional contractual obligations on the part of
the City, whether or not the Bonds alleged to be destroyed, stolen or lost be at any
time enforceable by anyone, and shall be equally and proportionately secured with
all other Bonds issued hereunder.
Section 11. Electric Account and Priority of Use of Gross Revenues. There
heretofore has been created by the City a special fund known as the "Electric
Account." Gross Revenues and the moneys in the Electric Account are hereby
pledged to and shall be used only for the following purposes and in the following
order of priority:
First, to pay Operating Expenses;
Second, to make all payments, including sinking fund payments, required to
be made into the Debt Service Subaccount for the payment of the principal of and
interest on Parity Bonds;
Third, to make all payments required to be made into the Reserve Subaccount;
Fourth, to make all payments, including sinking fund payments, required to
be made into a subordinate lien debt service account for the payment of the principal
of and interest on any subordinate lien bonds;
Fifth, to make all payments required to be made into a reserve account for
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and
Sixth, to make all required payments of charges or fees in lieu of City taxes;
Seventh, to pay the costs of additions, betterments, improvements and repairs
to and extensions and replacements of the System, to make legally authorized
payments into any other fund or account of the City, to purchase or redeem electric
revenue bonds or notes of the City, or for any other proper purpose in connection
with the operation of the System.
Section 12. Electric Revenue Bond Account and Sub accounts Therein. There
is hereby created a special fund of the City known as the "Electric Revenue Bond
Account," (the "Bond Account"), which fund is a trust fund to be drawn upon for the
sole purpose of paying the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on all Parity
Bonds. The Bond Account consists of two accounts, the Debt Service Subaccount and
the Reserve Subaccount. Amounts pledged to be paid into the Bond Account are
hereby declared to be a lien and charge upon Gross Revenues and the moneys in the
Electric Account superior to all other charges of any kind or nature, except Operating
Expenses, and equal in rank to the charge thereon to pay and secure the payment of
the principal of and interest on all Parity Bonds.
From and after the time of issuance and delivery of the Bonds and as long
thereafter as any of the same remain outstanding, the City hereby irrevocably
obligates and binds itself to set aside and pay into the Debt Service Subaccount out
of Gross Revenues and moneys in the Electric Account or out of any other moneys
legally available therefor on or before the 20th day of each month the following:
A. Such amounts, in approximately equal monthly installments, as will be
sufficient to accumulate the amount required to pay the interest scheduled to become
due on Parity Bonds on the next interest payment date; and
B. Such amounts, in approximately equal monthly installments, as will be
sufficient to accumulate (i) the principal amount of all Parity Bonds due for which no
sinking fund installments have been established, plus (ii) the unsatisfied balance of
any sinking fund installment for Parity Bonds, in each case during the next 12
months.
Moneys in the Debt Service Subaccount may be held in cash or invested in
Government Obligations which investments mature prior to the time such money is
required for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Parity Bonds. All
interest earned on and profits derived from such investments shall remain in and
become a part of the Debt Service Subaccount.
Section 13. Reserve Subaccount. The City hereby covenants and agrees that
it will set aside and pay into the Reserve Subaccount amounts from Gross Revenues,
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commencing with the first month following the closing and delivery of the Bonds, so
that the amount on deposit in the Reserve Subaccount will at all times be at least
equal to the Reserve Subaccount Requirement.
The City further covenants and agrees that it will at the time of issuance of the
Bonds cause amounts to be paid into the Reserve Subaccount such that the total
amount in the Reserve Subaccount will be equal to the Reserve Subaccount
Requirement.
The City further covenants and agrees that in the event it issues any Future
Parity Bonds hereafter it will provide in each resolution authorizing the same that at
the time of issuance of such Future Parity Bonds payments will be made into the
Reserve Subaccount such that the total amount of such payments together with the
money already in the Reserve Subaccount will be equal to the Reserve Subaccount
Requirement.
The City further covenants and agrees that it will at all times maintain therein
an amount at least equal to the Reserve Subaccount Requirement until there is a
sufficient amount in the Bond Account and Reserve Subaccount to pay the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on all outstanding Parity Bonds, at which time the
money in the Reserve Subaccount may be used to pay such principal, premium, if
any, and interest; provided, however, that moneys in the Reserve Subaccount may
be withdrawn, or set aside in a special account in the Bond Account pursuant to
Section 19 of this resolution, to pay (with or without other available funds) the
principal, premium, if any, and interest on all of the outstanding Parity Bonds of any
single issue or series payable out of the Bond Account, so long as the moneys
remaining on deposit in the Reserve Subaccount are at least equal to the Reserve
Subaccount Requirement on all of the remaining outstanding Parity Bonds. The City
may, from time to time, transfer from the Reserve Subaccount to the Debt Service
Subaccount amounts in excess of the Reserve Subaccount Requirement.
In the event there shall be a deficiency in the Debt Service Subaccount for
meeting maturing installments of either principal of or interest on Parity Bonds, such
deficiency shall be made up from the Reserve Subaccount by the withdrawal of cash
therefrom. Any deficiency created in the Reserve Subaccount by reason of any such
withdrawal shall then be made up from the money in the Electric Account first
available therefor after making necessary provision for the required payments into the
Debt Service Subaccount. Investments in the Reserve Subaccount shall be valued at
amortized cost except that in the event of a deficiency in the Reserve Subaccount
caused by the withdrawal or transfer of moneys therefrom the amount of such
deficiency shall be determined by valuing all investments in the Reserve Subaccount
at the then market value.
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All money in the Reserve Subaccount may be kept in cash or invested in
Government Obligations. Such investments shall mature not later than the last
maturity of Parity Bonds outstanding at the time of their purchase. Interest on any
such investments and/or any profits realized from the sale thereof shall be deposited
in and become a part of the Debt Service Subaccount.
Section 14. Investment of Certain Accounts. Moneys held in the Electric
Revenue Bond Account and in the Reserve Subaccount shall be invested and
reinvested to the fullest extent practicable in Government Obligations which mature
not later than at such times as shall be necessary to provide moneys when needed for
payments to be made from such Accounts, and in the case of the Reserve Subaccount
not later than fifteen years from the date of such investment.
Nothing in the resolution shall prevent any Authorized Securities acquired as
investments of funds held under the resolution from being issued or held in book-
entry form on the books of the Department of the Treasury of the United States.
Obligations purchased as an investment of moneys in any Account or
Subaccount created under the resolution shall be deemed at all times to be a part of
such Account or Subaccount and any profit realized from the liquidation of such
investment shall be credited to such Account or Subaccount and any loss resulting
from the liquidation of such investment shall be charged to the respective Account or
Subaccount.
In computing the amount in any Account or Subaccount created under the
resolution for any purpose provided in the resolution, obligations purchased as an
investment of moneys therein shall be valued at cost plus interest accrued and unpaid
at the date of computation.
Section 15. Specific Covenants. The City hereby covenants with the owners
of each of the Parity Bonds for so long as any of the same remain outstanding as
follows:
A. The City will establish, maintain and collect rates and charges for electricity
and all other services or facilities furnished or supplied by the System in each Fiscal
Year that will provide Net Revenues in an amount equal to at least 1.30 times the
amount of the Annual Debt Service Requirement for such year on all outstanding
Parity Bonds.
B. The City will at all times maintain, preserve and keep the System and every
part and parcel thereof in good repair, working order and condition; will from time
to time make or cause to be made all necessary and proper repairs, renewals and
replacements thereto so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
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properly and advantageously conducted; and will at all times operate the System in
an efficient manner and at a reasonable cost.
C. The City will at all times carry all-risk insurance and such other forms of
insurance on such of the buildings, equipment, property and facilities of the System
as are ordinarily insured in such amounts and with such deductibles as under good
business practice are ordinarily carried on such buildings, equipment, property and
facilities but such insurance shall in all events be in an amount at least equal to the
lessor of (i) 80% of the estimated replacement cost of the insurable parts of System or
(ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Parity Bonds then outstanding, in each case
such all-risk insurance shall include, but not be limited to, hazards such as fire, water,
lightening, tomado, windstorm, hail, explosion, riot, civil commotion, vandalism and
malicious mischief, aircraft and vehicles, excluding flood, tidal wave, wavewash,
subsidence, or earthquake insurance. In addition to the above insurance, the City
shall also carry public liability insurance and such other types of insurance as are
usually carried by municipal corporations operating like properties. All such
insurance shall be carried with responsible insurers and the policies shall be payable
to the City.
D. The City will not expend any of the money in the Electric Account for any
extensions or betterments which are not economically sound and which will not
contribute to the operation of the System in an efficient and economical manner
unless such extensions or betterments are required by law or by any regulatory body
having valid jurisdiction.
E. The City will keep and maintain proper books and accounts with respect
to the operation of the System in such manner as prescribed by any authorities
having jurisdiction over the System; will cause its books and accounts to be audited
annually by a certified public accountant not later than 120 days following the end
of each fiscal year, copies of which audits shall, upon request, be fumished to the
owners of Parity Bonds. Said audit shall show whether or not the City has in all
respects performed and complied with the covenants set forth in this resolution,
including the payments into the Debt Service Subaccount and Reserve Subaccount
provided for herein.
F. All employees and agents of the City collecting or handling money of the
City in connection with the management and operation of the System shall be bonded
in an amount commensurate with the funds they handle and in an amount sufficient
to protect the City from loss.
G. The City will not sell or otherwise dispose of the System unless contempo-
raneously with such sale or disposal there shall be paid into the Bond Account a sum
sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on all Parity Bonds then outstanding to
the date or dates on which they first may be redeemed, nor will it sell or otherwise
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dispose of any part of the System which is material to the production of Gross
Revenues unless, in the opinion of the Consulting Engineer, the remaining System
will generate Gross Revenues sufficient to enable the City to comply with the
requirements of this resolution and each resolution authorizing the issuance of Future
Parity Bonds.
H. The City will not at any time create or permit to accrue or to exist any lien
or other encumbrance or indebtedness upon the System or the Gross Revenues, or
any part thereof, or upon any Account or Subaccount created hereunder, prior or
superior to the lien thereon for the payment of the Parity Bonds, and will pay and
discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, any and all lawful claims for labor,
materials or supplies which, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon the
Revenue, or any part thereof, or upon any Account or Subaccount in the hands of the
City, prior or superior to the lien of the Parity Bonds, or which might impair the
security of the Parity Bonds.
I. The City will not expend any of the Gross Revenues derived by it from the
operation of the System or the proceeds of any indebtedness payable from Gross
Revenues for any additions, betterments or improvements to the System which are
not economically sound and which will not properly and advantageously contribute
to the conduct of the business of the System in an efficient and economical manner.
J. At any and all times the City shall, as far as it may be authorized by law,
make, do, execute, acknowledge, and deliver all further resolutions, acts, deeds,
conveyances, assignments, transfers, and assurances as may be necessary or desirable
for better assuring, conveying, granting, pledging, assigning, and confirming all and
singular the rights, Gross Revenues, and other funds, moneys, and securities pledged
or assigned under the resolution, or intended so to be, or which the City may become
bound to pledge or assign.
K. The City is duly authorized under all applicable laws to create and issue the
Bonds and to adopt the resolution and to pledge the Gross Revenues and other
funds, moneys, and securities purported to be pledged by the resolution in the
manner and to the extent provided in the resolution. The Gross Revenues and other
funds, moneys, and securities so pledged are and will be free and clear of any pledge,
lien, charge, or encumbrance thereon or with respect thereto prior to, or of equal rank
with, the pledge and assignment created by the resolution, and all corporate or other
action on the part of the City to that end has been and will be duly and validly taken.
The Bonds and the provisions of the resolution are and will be the valid and legally
enforceable obligations of the City in accordance with their terms and the terms of the
resolution. The City shall at all times, to the extent permitted by law, defend,
preserve, and protect the pledge of the Gross Revenues and the other funds, moneys,
and securities pledged under the resolution and all the rights of the Bondholders‡under the resolution against all claims and demands of all persons whomsoever.
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L. The City has, and will ha ve so long as any Parity Bonds are outstanding,
good right, and lawful power to operate, maintain, and repair the System and to fix
and collect rates, fees, and other charges to the use and the sale of the capacity,
output, or services of the System.
M. The City shall do and perform or cause to be done and performed all acts
and things required to be done or performed by or on behalf of the City under the
laws of the State of Alaska and the resolution.
Section 16. Parity Bonds. The City hereby covenants with the owners of each
of the Parity Bonds for so long as the same remain outstanding that it will not issue
any bonds having a greater or equal lien on Gross Revenues or the moneys in the
Electric Account to pay and secure the payment of the principal of and interest on
such bonds than the lien created thereon to pay and secure the payment of the
principal of and interest on the Parity Bonds except that the City reserves the right
to issue Future Parity Bonds as follows:
A. For the purpose of acquiring, constructing and installing additions,
betterments and improvements to and extensions of, acquiring necessary property and
equipment for, or making necessary replacements or repairs to the System, for
funding interest and reserves and for the purpose of refunding at or prior to their
redemption or maturity any outstanding revenue bonds or notes of the City that have
a lien on Gross Revenues and the moneys in the Electric Account for the payment of
the principal thereof and interest thereon junior and inferior to the lien on Gross
Revenues and moneys in the Electric Account for the payment of the principal of and
interest on the Bonds and upon compliance with the following conditions:
(1) The City will covenant in each resolution authorizing the issuance
of Future Parity Bonds that it will pay into and maintain in the Reserve
Subaccount the amounts required by Section 13 of this resolution to be paid
into and maintained in said Subaccount in the event Future Parity Bonds are
issued. The City also will covenant in each such resolution that it will
establish, maintain and collect rates and charges sufficient to meet the same
requirements as are contained in subsection A of Section 15 of this resolution;
and
(2) At the time of the issuance of such Future Parity Bonds the City
shall have on file a certificate executed by a Consulting Engineer experienced
in the construction and operation of municipal utilities (which certificate may
not be dated more than 30 days prior to the date of delivery of such Future
Parity Bonds) showing that in his professional opinion the "annual income
available for revenue bond debt service," as hereinafter set forth, shall be at
least equal to 1.30 times the maximum Annual Debt Service Requirement on
all outstanding Parity Bonds and the Future Parity Bonds being issued.
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Such "annual income available for revenue bond debt service" shall be
determined by adding the following:
(i) The historical Net Revenues for any 12 consecutive months
out of the 24 months immediately preceding the month of delivery of
the Future Parity Bonds being issued.
(ii) The Net Revenues derived from those customers of the
System that have become customers during such 12-consecutive-month
period or thereafter and prior to the date of such certificate, adjusted to
reflect an estimate of a full year's Net Revenues from each such
customer to the extent such Net Revenues were not included in (i)
above.
(Hi) The estimated annual Net Revenues to be derived from any
person, firm, association, private or municipal corporation under any
executed contract for electric service, which Net Revenues were not
included in any of the sources of Net Revenues described in this subsec-
tion (2).
(iv) The estimated annual Net Revenues to be derived from the
operation of any additions or improvements to or extensions of the
System under construction but not completed at the time of such
certificate and not being paid for out of the proceeds of sale of such
Future Parity Bonds being issued, and which Net Revenues are not
otherwise included in any of the sources of Net Revenues described in
this subsection (2).
(v) The estimated Net Revenues to be derived from the
operation of any additions and improvements to or extensions of the
System being paid for out of the proceeds of sale of such Future Parity
Bonds being issued.
In the event the City will not derive any Gross Revenues as a result of
the construction of the additions, improvements or extensions being or to be
made to the System within the provisions of subparagraphs (iv) and (v)
immediately above, the estimated Operating Expenses of such additions,
improvements and extensions shall be deducted from such "annual income
available for revenue bond debt service."
The computation of "annual income available for revenue bond debt
service" shall be adjusted to reflect the electric rates and charges effective on
the date of such certificate or approved by the regulatory authority with
jurisdiction to become effective thereafter if there has been any change in such
rates and charges put into effect or so approved during or after such 12-
consecutive-month base period.
Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subparagraph (2), the
certificate of the Consulting Engineer referred to above shall not be required
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if one-half of Net Revenues, verified form certain financial statements of the
City, for a period of any <;onsecutive two out of the three Fiscal Years
immediately preceding the issuance and deliver of such Future Parity Bonds,
was equal to at least 1.30 times the maximum Annual Debt Service required to
be paid in any Fiscal Year succeeding the date of issuance of such Future
Parity Bonds on all outstanding Parity Bonds and the Future Parity Bonds
being issued.
Further, notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subparagraph
(2), Future Parity Bonds may be issued if the City shall have on file a certificate
of the said Consulting Engineer stating his opinion that the Net Revenues for
the next full Fiscal Year after the initial operation of any additions or
improvements to or extensions of the System being paid for out of the
proceeds of the Future Parity Bonds will be at least equal to 1.30 times the
maximum Annual Debt Service Requirement on all outstanding Parity Bonds
and the Future Parity Bonds being issued. (3) That at the time of the issuance
of such Future Parity Bonds there is not deficiency in the Debt Service
Subaccount or Reserve Subaccount.
B. For the purpose of refunding at or prior to their redemption or maturity
any part or all of the then outstanding Parity Bonds if the issuance of such refuriding
Future Parity Bonds does not require a greater amount to be paid out of Gross
Revenues or the moneys in the Electric Account for principal and interest over the life
of such refunding Future Parity Bonds being refunded, and if the conditions required
in subsections (a)(I) and (a)(3) of this section are complied with.
Proceeds of Parity Bonds to be used to fund interest or reserves shall be
deposited in the Debt Service Subaccount or the Reserve Subaccount, as the case may
be.
Section 17. Subordinate Lien Bonds. Nothing contained herein shall prevent
the City from issuing revenue bonds or notes which are a charge upon Gross
Revenues and the moneys in the Electric Account subordinate or inferior to the
payments required herein to be made therefrom into the Debt Service Subaccount and
Reserve Subaccount, or from issuing electric revenue bonds to refund maturing bonds
for the payment of which moneys are not otherwise available.
Section 18. Covenants Regarding Arbitrage and Private Activity Bonds. The
City hereby covenants that it will not make any use of the proceeds of sale of the
Bonds or any other funds of the City which may be deemed to be proceeds of such
Bonds pursuant to Section 148 of the Code which will cause the Bonds to be
"arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of said section and the regulations applicable
thereunder. The City will comply with the requirements of Section 148 of the Code
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(or any successor provIsIOn thereof applicable to the Bonds) and the applicable
regulations thereunder throughout the term of the Bonds.
The City further covenants that it will not take any action or permit any action
to be taken that would cause the Bonds to constitute "private activity bonds" under
Section 141 of the Code. The City will take any action determined by the City, after
consultation with its bond counsel, to be legal and practicable and required to be
taken by the City under future federal laws or regulations in order to maintain the
exemption of the interest on the Bonds from federal income taxation.
Section 19. Defeasance. In the event that money and/or Acquired Obligations
maturing at such time or times and bearing interest to be earned thereon in amounts
sufficient to redeem and retire any or all of the Bonds in accordance with their terms
are set aside in a special trust account in the Bond Account to effect such redemption
or retirement and such money and the principal of and interest on such obligations
are irrevocably set aside and pledged for such purpose, then no further payments
need to be made into the Bond Account for the payment of the principal of and
interest on such Bonds, and such Bonds shall cease to be entitled to any lien, benefit
or security of this resolution except the right to receive the funds so set aside and
pledged, and such Bonds shall be deemed not to be outstanding hereunder or under
any other resolution authorizing the issuance of Future Parity Bonds.
Section 20. General Authorization to Municipal Officials. After the sale of the
Bonds, the proper officials of the City are hereby authorized and directed to do
everything necessary to complete such sale and to deliver the Bonds to the purchaser
thereof upon payment of the purchase price thereof.
Section 21. Amendatory and Supplemental Resolutions.
A. The Council from time to time and at any time may pass an resolution
or resolutions supplemental hereof, which resolution or resolutions thereafter shall
become a part of this resolution, for anyone or more of the following purposes:
(1) To add to the covenants and agreements of the City contained
in this resolution, other covenants and agreements thereafter to be observed,
or to surrender any right or power herein reserved to or conferred upon the
City.
(2) To make such provisions for the purpose of curing any ambigu-
ities or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision
contained in this resolution or in regard to matters or questions arising under
this resolution as the Council may deem necessary or desirable and not
inconsistent with this resolution and which shall not adversely affect the
interest of the owners of Parity Bonds.
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Any such supplemental resolution of the Council may be adopted
without the consent of the owner of any Parity Bonds at any time outstanding,
notwithstanding any of the provisions of subsection B of this section.
B. With the consent of the owners of not less than 60% in aggregate
principal amount of Parity Bonds at the time outstanding, the Council may pass a
resolution or resolutions supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this
resolution or of any supplemental resolution; provided, however, that no such
supplemental resolution shall:
(1) Extend the fixed maturity of any of the Parity Bonds, or reduce
the rate of interest thereon, or reduce the amount or change the date of any
sinking fund installment requirement, or extend the time of payments of
interest from their due date, or reduce the amount of the principal thereof, or
reduce any premium payable on the redemption thereof, without the consent
of the owner of each Parity bond so affected; or
(2) Reduce the aforesaid percentage of owners of Parity Bonds
required to approve any such supplemental resolution without the consent of
the owners of all of the Parity Bonds then outstanding; or
(3) Remove the pledge and lien of this resolution on Gross Revenues
or the moneys in the Electric Account.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the owners of Parity Bonds
under this subsection B to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental resolution, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve
the substance thereof.
C. Upon the passage of any supplemental resolution pursuant to the
provisions of this section, this resolution shall be deemed to be modified and
amended in accordance therewith, and the respective rights, duties and obligations
of the City under this resolution and all owners of Parity Bonds outstanding
hereunder shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced thereunder, subject
in all respects to such modification and amendment, and all the terms and conditions
of any such supplemental resolution shall be deemed to be part of the terms and
conditions of this resolution for any and all purposes.
D. Parity Bonds executed and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental resolution adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section may bear
a notation as to any matter provided for in such supplemental resolution, and if such
supplemental resolution shall so provide, new Parity Bonds so modified as to
conform, in the opinion of the Council, to any modification of this resolution
contained in any such supplemental resolution, may be prepared by the City and
delivered without cost to the owners of Parity Bonds then outstanding, upon
surrender for cancellation of such Parity Bonds in equal aggregate principal amounts.
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Section 22. Disposition of the Proceeds of Sale of the Bonds. The proceeds
received from the sale of the Bonds (exclusive of accrued interest which shall be paid
into the Debt Service Subaccount) shall be deposited into the fund of the City
designated by the Finance Director and shall be used to pay all costs allocable to the
issuance of the Bonds and to undertake improvements authorized by Section 3 of this
resolution.
Section 23. The Loan Agreement with the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank
Authority in the form presented to and part of the records of this meeting is
approved in all respects and the City Manager and Finance Director are authorized
to cause the same to be executed and delivered on behalf of the City.
Section 24. Severability. If anyone or more of the covenants or agreements
provided in this resolution to be performed on the part of the City shall be declared
by any court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such covenant or
covenants, agreement or agreements shall be null and void and shall be deemed
separable from the remaining covenants and agreements in this resolution and shall
in no way affect the validity of the other provisions of this resolution or of the Bonds.
Section 25. Effective Date. This resolution shall become effective immediately
provided that no Parity Bonds shall be issued under this resolution until 30 days from
the date hereof.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the city of Seward, Alaska,
this 22nd day of May, 1995.
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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Dave W. Crane, Mayor
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ABSENT:
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Anderson, Crane, Darling, Deeter, King, O'Brien, Sieminski
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